Synonyms of bourgeois

Noun


1. businessperson, bourgeois, capitalist

usage: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

2. bourgeois, burgher, commoner, common man, common person

usage: a member of the middle class

Adjective


1. bourgeois, capitalistic (vs. socialistic), capitalist

usage: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

2. bourgeois, conservative, materialistic, middle-class (vs. upper-class) (vs. lower-class)

usage: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"

3. bourgeois, middle-class (vs. upper-class) (vs. lower-class)

usage: belonging to the middle class

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Definition and meaning of bourgeois (Dictionary)